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Flood Watch issued October 09 at 5:07AM CDT until October 10 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS

Effective: 5:07 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 9, 2014

Expires: 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 10, 2014

...SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH FRIDAY....FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR* PORTIONS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWINGAREAS...IN KANSAS...ATCHISON KS...DONIPHAN...JOHNSON KS...LEAVENWORTH...LINN KS...MIAMI AND WYANDOTTE. IN MISSOURI...ANDREW...BATES...BUCHANAN...CALDWELL...CARROLL...CASS...CHARITON...CLAY...CLINTON...COOPER...DAVIESS...DE KALB...HENRY...HOWARD...JACKSON...JOHNSON MO...LAFAYETTE...LIVINGSTON...PETTIS...PLATTE...RANDOLPH...RAY AND SALINE.* THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING* SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAYAFTERNOON. RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH THIS TIME COULD RANGE FROM ONETO THREE INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THE POTENTIALFOR THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WILL BE ACROSS AREAS NEAR AND NORTH OFINTERSTATE 70 TONIGHT...SHIFTING INTO AREAS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70BY FRIDAY MORNING.* SEVERAL PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLOODING...PARTICULARLY ALONG FLOOD-PRONE RIVERS AND STREAMS.A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ONCURRENT FORECASTS.YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLEFLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BEPREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.